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White Chicken Mushroom

Berkcurtia persicina

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 13, February 14, March 15, April 24, May 32, June 16, July 87, August 44, September 15, October 14, November 11, December 12.
United States872
Virginia190
North Carolina127
Maryland103
Georgia98
South Carolina55
Alabama41
Mississippi26
Louisiana17
District of Columbia11

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Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderShelf Fungi · Polyporales
FamilyLaetiporaceae
GenusBerkcurtia

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